31st Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Young Buffs.

Chronology

• 1702 raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
• 1703 became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
• 1706 became Churchill’s Marines under Joshua Churchill
• 1711 became Goring's Regiment under Sir Henry Goring
• 1716 became Kerr's Regiment
• 1727 became Cathcart's Regiment
• 1730 became Hargrave's Regiment
• 1737 became Handasyde's Regiment
• 1745 became Beauclerk's Regiment
• 1749 became Holme's Regiment
• 1751 became 31st Regiment of Foot
• 1758 second battalion became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment of Foot and became 1st Bn the East Surrey Regiment
• 1959 amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
• 1966 amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment

Also see

• East Surrey Regiment

Regimental journal

The British Library has the following catalogue references:
Regimental News no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.
The Journal of the East Surrey Regiment. vol. 2. no. 41-vol. 3. no. 68. August 1929-May 1936. and [New series.] vol. 1. no. 1-vol. 8. no. 5. November 1936-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and November 1946.

Also available at the Surrey History Centre, refer below.

External links

• Regimental Timeline www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
  
• 31st Regiment of Foot www.britishempire.co.uk
  
• 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
  
• East Surrey Regiment Wikipedia
  
• Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Wikipedia
  
• The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including
  • Regimental India 1825-1947 (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot)
  • Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park
• The regimental collection of historic documents, books and photograph albums may be found at the Surrey History Centre
  • System ID: ESR East Surrey Regiment, formerly The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: Records
    • For the Journal of the East Surrey Regiment, 1920-1959, see J/553 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings
    • The bibliography (scroll down) mentions the main regimental history

Access to Archives catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre.

• 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
• East Surrey Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
• Queen's Regiment Wikipedia